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Re:EU competition chief holds threat of breaking up Google by protomyth on Monday March 26, 2018 @04:53PM (#16682487)
> E.g., seizing Google’s copyrights and patents, and selling EU usage rights for them. Or seizing the physical hardware, and selling them (and the software on them) off.

The retaliation from the US government on that one would be pretty epic. I wouldn't want to be an owner of a patent heavy European company at that point. Our current President is quite familiar with eminent domain.

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Re:EU competition chief holds threat of breaking up Google by lovich on Monday March 26, 2018 @05:54PM (#16682992)
What's the trade balance with IP between the US and the EU? Whichever side is benefiting from that the most, also has the most to lose
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